Book Discussion on The Curtain Rises: Oral Histories of the Fall of Communism

Ronald and Susan Shapiro talked about their book The Curtain Rises: Oral Histories of the Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, published by…
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Ronald and Susan Shapiro talked about their book The Curtain Rises: Oral Histories of the Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, published by McFarland and Company. The book included the life stories of men and women that lived under Soviet communism and how their lives changed after their countries changed to capitalist society. After the discussion, the authors, along with some of the individuals that were featured in their book, answered questions from members of the audience. close

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*The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.